HSBC moves to Wall Street bonus model, cuts fixed-pay deals

2026-10-12T14:26:44.000Z
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 92 points, or 0.18 per cent, at the open to 51,746.95.

US stocks: Wall Street steady at open as oil jumps ahead of key earnings

2026-10-12T14:02:59.000Z
DBS CEO Tan Su Shan (left) and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at the DBS Asia Future Forward Conference.

‘Bringing Asean together as a single market’: PM Wong

2026-10-12T13:25:05.000Z
The IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva, speaking about AI, said: “It is a transformative technology. It so completely changes how we work, how we live.”

IMF says AI investment keeps global growth around 3% but brings massive disruption

2026-10-12T13:22:51.000Z
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The minister said he had told Saudi Aramco it could use the pipeline for oil transport until May, after which it would need to be cleaned and returned to gas service.

Saudi Arabia eyes raising its pipeline oil export capacity to 10 million bpd: energy minister

2026-10-12T12:54:45.000Z
Fitch Ratings downgraded Genting to BBB- in September.

Genting shares tumble most since 1998 on rights issue plan

2026-10-12T11:58:51.000Z
Across the broader market, losers outnumbered gainers 282 to 247.

Singapore shares rise as banks rebound after sell-off; STI up 0.3%

2026-10-12T10:32:50.000Z
Retail petrol prices approached US$4.50 a gallon in late September, the highest in four months. 

US CPI to show overall inflation boosted by higher petrol prices

2026-10-12T09:32:44.000Z
Hospitalisation, clinics and laboratories remain the costliest elements of the cost of medical plans.

Asia-Pacific medical trend rate expected to edge downwards in 2027 – but not in Singapore: Aon

2026-10-12T09:22:08.000Z
For the first time, the RBI introduced a foreign-exchange risk reserve, requiring lenders to hold with the central bank the rupee equivalent of 20% of the notional value of each derivative transaction above US$2 million. 

Biggest rupee defence in a decade draws line under 97 per US dollar

2026-10-12T08:59:16.000Z